August 2nd, 2006
Boston Restaurant Week
Just a reminder to make your reservations now for Boston Restaurant Week. This two-week cheap dining extraganza, in which high-end Boston restaurants serve prix-fixe lunches and dinners (appetizer, entree, dessert) for $20.06 and $30.06, respectively, has been heavily advertised and many places are already completely booked. I myself look forward to eating at Brasserie Jo and La La Rokh.
Although the reduced price menus are generally not exemplative of the restaurant's full potential, they usually provide a pleasant taste (oh the puns!) of character of the restaurant and the virtues of the chef. And certainly, the $20.06/$30.06 meals are a better deal some places than others, notably The Hungry I, Mistral, or Radius, where entrees regularly lie in the $25-35 range.
Be warned, also, that not all participating restaurants offer prix-fixe menus for both lunch and dinner, and many have exclusions for Sunday brunch. On vacation for the next two weeks? Never fear, Restaurant Week returns to Boston in March.